Whipping Post

												
IntroDUCTION:
     e s s s s e s s s s     e s s s s e e
[+------------------------+------------------+
6:---------------------5:---------------
8:---------------------8:-----------5-3-
+----5-5-3-5-3-5-5-3-5-3-+---5-5-3-5-3------+]
VERSE:
      s e s e s e s e s e s e e s s e 7  s e s e s e s e s e s e e^e^e
[+--------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
12:-7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7-5--------7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7-------
 8:---------------------------7-5-3--------------------------0-3-4-
+-------------5-5-5-5------------------+---------5-5-5-5---------------+]
CHORUS: (Caveat: I'm not sure about the chorus)
  Q q e Q e e e   e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e    Q e^e^e Q e^e^e 3  e q Q H
[+---------------+-------------------------+-------------------+---------+
-------------------------------------------------0----------R-R-R-
-5-5-0-5-0-3-4---------------------------0-3-4-0----------3-------
+---------------+-0-0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-4-+------------0-3-4--+---------+]
BRIDGE:
  s e s e s e s e s e s e s e s e   s e s e s e s e s e s e s e s e
[+---------------------------------+-------------------------2-2-2-2-+
-------------------------0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5---------
-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3------------------------------------------
+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+]
  s e s e s e s e s e s e s e s e   Q Q H    e q Q e q Q   e q Q e q Q 2
[+-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-+-------+--------------+--------------+
---------------------------------------------R-----R------R-----R-
----------------------------------0-0-0--0-0---2-2----3-3---2-2---
+---------------------------------+-------+--------------+--------------+]
    e q Q
[+---------+
6:---R-R-
8:-0-----
+---------+]

NOTES:
[+----+          +----+]
[--+]  = MEASURE        [4:--]  = TIME
[--+]    REPEATS        [4:--]    SIGNATURES
[+----+          +----+]
+ = TIE
H = HAMMER ON
P = PULL OFF
^  = TRIPLET
  = SLIDE TO FRET
X = SLIDE TO NOWHERE
> = BEND
R = Rest
~ = Trill

-

There is also bass tab

[h] = hammer on     [^          ]             [/] = slide up       [] = slide down
[p] = pull off      [] = bend   [V] = release   ~~~~ = vibrato     N.C. = no chord
Intro (bass guitar)
---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------
-------------------------------3h5-3---
[-3h5-5p3h5-3h5-5p3h5-3h5-5p3h5-------5-] repeat
The guitars join.  First, one doubles the bass line.  Then the other does this.
---------------------------------------
-------------------------------5h8-5---
-5h7-7-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-----5h7-5-7-
-5h7-7-----5h7-7-----5h7-7-----------7-
---------------------------------------
[---------------------------------------] repeat
FIRST VERSE
(chord progression: guitars, organ)
A  Bm  C  Bm
I've been run down.
I've been lied to.
And I don't know why I let that mean woman make me a fool.
She took all my money.
Wrecked my new car.
And now she's with one of my good time buddies drinking in some cross town bar.
PRE-CHORUS
                   ^full (release silent)
-------------------------10-10-8-------------------
--------------------8-10----------10-8--------------
-----------------/9---------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
-----------4-5--------------------------------------
-5---8----------------------------------------------
  sometimes I feel (lead fill in Am (I use this one))
                     ^full^full     ^full
------------------------17-20--20-20-17-20-------
------------------17-20-----------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
-----------5----------------------------------------
-5---7-------7-5------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
  sometimes I feel (again, one fill I use)
                CHORUS
                A             ~~~~~~~
---------------5--5---------------------
---------------5--5-8-5-----------------
---------------6----7-5-5-7--5----------
---------------7--------5-7--5----------
---------------7------------------------
[---------------5------------------------]  repeat (at the word "tied")
 Like I've been tied to the whipping post
A (strum and mute)
Oh Lord I feel like I'm dying.
BRIDGE
   ^full     ^full               ~~~~~~~~
---------------------------------------------10h12p10----
-5-------5--------------10p8--------10-12-13-10h12p10-13-
-7--V--5--7--V--5-7p5----------9p7-----9-11-12----------12-
------------------------7------------10----------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
[-------------------------------------------------------------] repeat bar
full unison bends and releases(organ)   (guitar)
                      These organ and guitar parts kind of overlap
GUITAR SOLO
(rhythm same as VERSES)
(in the key of Am.  (try Am pentatonic, A aeolian, C ionian, D dorian, etc.))
SECOND VERSE
(music same as FIRST VERSE)
My friends tell me
That I've been such a fool
And I have to stand by and take it, babe all for loving you.
I drown myself in sorrow.
Cause I look at what you've done.
But nothing seems to change. The bad times stay the same, and I can't run.
PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS
BRIDGE
GUITAR SOLO
Then we encounter this two octave run of the A aeolian mode
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---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-
-------------------------5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-------------------
-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8---------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5--5--
-------------------------5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8--------------
-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
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And now a rhythm and lead trade off...
  A        Bm       C        Bm